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As-it-happens update September 21, 2020
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ESPN
If you were squinting just right, you could see the ground moving beneath Nick Saban's feet last season. LSU, until recently one of the last proud purveyors of Big Burly Manball, had modernized its offense and produced numbers no one had seen before, ...
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ESPN
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Tests on Monday confirmed that New York Giants star running back Saquon Barkley has a torn ACL in his right knee. He will miss the remainder of the season. Barkley underwent an MRI at the Hospital of Special Surgery in ...
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CBSSports.com
Week 2 was as bad as I can remember in terms of injuries. Saquon Barkley, Christian McCaffrey and Raheem Mostert all left early due to injuries. So did Drew Lock and Jimmy Garoppolo. Tyrod Taylor didn't even make it through warmups. Courtland Sutton ...
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Just pick one. Down 20-0 after the first quarter. Trailing 39-24 with five minutes remaining. Four fumbles in the first quarter. Two botched fake punts. A failed two-point conversion trailing by nine late in the game. Usually, any one of those gaffes leads to a loss ...
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USA TODAY
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs were nearly flawless in their Week 1 win over the Houston Texans. They proved Sunday they can win when things aren't going quite so smoothly. The Chiefs were penalized 11 times for 90 yards, had a ...
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ESPN
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- After his shot dropped to beat the buzzer, win the game and lift the Los Angeles Lakers to within two victories of their first NBA Finals appearance since 2010, Anthony Davis shouted out one word that said it all: "Kobe!".
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NHL.com
The Dallas Stars will try to win their fifth straight game and take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final when they play Game 2 against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Monday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS). A Stars victory would ...
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NFL.com
Saquon Barkley's season is officially over after just two games. The star running back suffered a torn ACL in Sunday's loss in Chicago, the New York Giants confirmed. Barkley will undergo surgery to repair the tear in the near future, per the team.
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CBSSports.com
The Buccaneers' 2020 season could have quickly turned into a disaster with an 0-2 start, but Tom Brady made sure that didn't happen on Sunday during Tampa Bay's home opener. The Buccaneers quarterback, who has never started 0-2 in his entire 20-year ...
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ESPN
No one was quite sure what to expect from the Vikings this year. Given all of the roster turnover they experienced this offseason and the unique nature of preparing for a season during a pandemic, there were a wide range of potential outcomes on the table.
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Yahoo Sports
Despite the NFL MVP and Heisman Trophy on his résumé, Cam Newton was still a question mark when he signed with the Patriots this summer. Could he reclaim the form that made him one of the best quarterbacks in football? Or would the injuries that cut ...
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USA TODAY
Even the math is exciting. Eight teams. Four playoff spots. One week. Welcome to the playoffs before the playoffs. The race to fill the National League postseason bracket has the potential chaos to help turn the one-year trial of an expanded postseason into a ...
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Sports Illustrated
Mitchell Trubisky underwent a lot scrutiny coming into the 2020 season. He had a tremendously up-and-down first few years in the NFL. Trubisky was inserted as the starter in his rookie year, but never found a rhythm despite the team going 12-4. He was ...
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Yahoo Sports
Paul George and Montrezl Harrell reportedly had a heated exchange on the bench during the Clippers' loss to the Nuggets. Apparently, that wasn't an isolated incident. Shams Charania of The Athletic: Paul George had a disappointing series against Denver, ...
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Yahoo Sports
As the Sixers' search for a head coach continues, three names remain prominent. Billy Donovan, Mike D'Antoni and Tyronn Lue are among the candidates expected to be part of the team's next round of interviews within the following 10 days, a source ...
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Yahoo Sports
We finally got a look at what the Eagles' defense looks like at full strength against a decent offense. Disaster. One of the worst performances by an Eagles defense in five years under Jim Schwartz — on the heels of a terrible second half a week earlier — is an ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
ATHENS — Game week for the Georgia Bulldogs has finally arrived. They'll play Saturday at Arkansas (4 p.m., SEC Network). To say things haven't gone as expected up until now would be an understatement. The global pandemic has made sure 2020 would ...
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USA TODAY
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns are healing up. Ravaged by injuries during training camp, the team welcomed back starting linebacker Mack Wilson and starting cornerback Greedy Williams on Monday as the Browns began getting ready for this ...
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Sports Illustrated
Mark Ingram put an exclamation on the Ravens 33-16 victory over Houston with Cobra Kai-like round-house kick to the Texans' logo. Ingram put the game away when he took a direct snap on 4th-and-1 and ran 30 yards for a touchdown. He celebrated by ...
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Detroit Free Press
Ron Gardenhire called his wife, Carol, after an unexpected exchange this weekend with Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila in his office. He told her that he retired from his managerial career, effective immediately, because of health concerns. He walked ...
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BuffaloBills.com
Buffalo's latest offensive performance has the team near or atop the league in several categories heading into Week 3, but there are some other areas where the Bills are off to a good start. We take a look at the obvious and the more hidden figures for coach ...
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Sports Illustrated
Each game presents Arizona Cardinals players the opportunity to climb in their respective record standings. In Sunday's Week 2 matchup against the Washington Football Team, a 30-15 win to remain undefeated at 2-0, they did just that. Quarterback Kyler ...
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Yahoo Sports
Major League Baseball and the Players Association jointly committed $10 million to The Players Alliance on Monday to help boost the participation of Black Americans in all levels of the sport. The Players Alliance, a nonprofit organization comprised of active ...
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ESPN
The St. Louis Cardinals and the host Kansas City Royals enter the penultimate series of the season with differing goals. The two teams play the first of three games Monday at Kauffman Stadium with the Cards looking to extend their season and the Royals ...
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Sporting News
By moving to Las Vegas, the Raiders traded a torn up field with baseball infield dirt on it for a brand new venue and fan market of their own. The Oakland Coliseum had been perhaps NFL's worst stadium; Allegiant Stadium, where the Raiders now play, figures ...
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Sports Illustrated
During Sunday's loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey sustained an ankle injury in the fourth quarter and did not return. His status to return was listed as questionable, but once the game got out of reach, ...
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Sports Illustrated
No surprise here. After losing defensive end Nick Bosa to an ACL injury that presumably will end his season, the 49ers are expected to sign free agent defensive end Ziggy Ansah, according to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. Ansah will have to go through ...
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nj.com
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. At the top of this story is a photo of N.J. native and former Rutgers star Todd Frazier pitching for the New York Mets. Frazier, a third baseman by trade, took the mound Friday in the Mets' 15-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves.
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CBS News
ARLINGTON - "Dak Prescott is a very good quarterback," former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson said Monday on FS1's "The Herd with Colin Cowherd." "But as far as letting him go and just drop back and read the field, and make a lot of decisions, ...
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GolfDigest.com
"You don't win the U.S. Open, it wins you," are the famous words first spoken by Cary Middlecoff, which also apply to host clubs and the golfer whose image will be affixed to their history and maybe a wall in their locker room. When Bryson DeChambeau sank ...
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Sports Illustrated
As hard as it is to believe the final homestand of 2020 begins Monday night for the Indians at Progressive Field, a seven-game set against the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates. The White Sox lead the Indians by four games in the AL Central as the ...
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Yahoo Sports
After one game in which it started off poorly but then put things together somewhat and another game in which it started off poorly, continued to play poorly and only put things together when the outcome was pretty much decided, it's obvious what the ...
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Panthers.com
CHARLOTTE — Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey will miss multiple weeks after suffering a high ankle sprain in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 31-17 loss to the Buccaneers. Head coach Matt Rhule announced the news Monday afternoon. "I hate it ...
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detroitlions.com
Blown leads: The Lions are the first team in NFL history to blow a double-digit lead in four straight games, according to Elias. The Lions fell to the Packers Sunday (42-21) after holding a 14-3 lead. Detroit led 23-6 in Week 1 vs. Chicago before dropping that ...
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Arizona Sports
As careful as the NFL has been about preventing an outbreak of the coronavirus within the league, one thing it can't control is a rash of major on-field injuries. And that's what it got Sunday. The Arizona Cardinals were relatively lucky to come out of Week 2 ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Lakers played in the Kobe-designed Black Mamba jerseys on Sunday night, when Anthony Davis did about the most Kobe thing possible — he drained a buzzer-beater game-winner. When Davis did it, he yelled "Kobe." ...
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Press Box
It would be wrong to call it "the most important game for the Ravens this season." That's, of course, because unless something goes particularly wrong, it's actually the ONLY important game for the Ravens this season. The Baltimore Ravens methodically ...
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Tampa Bay Times
Fleming is slated to serve as the Rays' bulk reliever behind opener Pete Fairbanks in Monday's game against the Mets. After Fleming gave up four home runs between his previous two starts earlier this month, the Rays opted to have him work behind an ...
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Tennis Magazine
"It was a good energy on court," Simona Halep said after her 6-0, 2-1 (Ret.) win over Karolina Pliskova in the Rome final on Monday. Halep was referring to the few dozen fans who were scattered around the Foro Italico's main stadium, and who greeted each ...
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Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Red Wings have placed another of their top prospects in Europe because of the pandemic. With COVID-19 rendering the start for hockey seasons in North American uncertain, the Wings have loaned a seventh prospect to a European league.
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For The Win
Yes, it's only Week 2 in the NFL. But there are some bad teams. Like, some really, really, really bad teams. And that's why we've seen Trevor Lawrence's name trending a bunch on Sundays, as those bad teams look like they could be in the running for the No.
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HighSchoolOT
Chapel Hill, N.C. — The N.C. High School Athletic Association named the winners of the 2019-2020 Wells Fargo Sate Cups in each of the four classifications on Monday morning. Cardinal Gibbons is the winner of the 4A cup, Weddington claimed the 3A cup, ...
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247Sports.com
There are many powerful people with ties to the Southeastern Conference who have great influence on the league. There are two from the University of South Carolina who are among the people with a strong voice in the league right now, with one being the ...
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Tacoma News Tribune
Drew Lock is getting a sense of deja vu. So are the Denver Broncos. And not in a good way. The second-year quarterback's status is uncertain after his right shoulder was driven into the ground in the first quarter of a 26-21 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on ...
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Yahoo Sports
Twitter reacts to 49ers' unbelievable flurry of injuries vs. Jets originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea. The injury bug took one giant, cruel bite out of the 49ers on Sunday against the New York Jets, leaving NFL Twitter in bewilderment. Following halftime ...
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Turf Show Times
Your Rams are 2-0 with both wins coming in different fashions. The first came in a suspenseful contest on Sunday Night Football while this past Sunday's win over the Eagles was a bit more convincing. But 2-0 is 2-0. Like many predicted, the NFC West is ...
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CBSSports.com
Sunday, the Miami Dolphins were out to avenge their 37-20 defeat to the Buffalo Bills from their previous meeting last November, but they had no such luck. Miami fell in a 31-28 heartbreaker. This makes it the second loss in a row for them. QB Josh Allen had ...
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Niners Nation
The San Francisco 49ers lead the New York Jets 21-3 at the half. The Niners got a 80-yard rushing touchdown from running back Raheem Mostert on the first play of the game. Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo connected with tight end Jordan Reed for a pair of ...
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The Miami Hurricane
Linebacker Zach McCloud (53) celebrates with Turnover Chain 4.0 during the second half of Saturday's game against the Louisville Cardinals at Cardinal Stadium on Saturday, Sept 19. Photo credit: Jamie Rhodes/ACC. After a dominant 47-34 win over a the ...
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The Denver Post
The Raiders finally have a home to call their own. After spending almost their entire 60-year existence sharing stadiums that were sometimes old and out of date, the Raiders are set to open their $2 billion palace in the Las Vegas desert. by Associated Press ...
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